Costa Rica’s Biofuel Program
Friday, June 6th, 2008Costa Rica has committed itself to a full roll-out of ethanol blended gasoline and biodiesel by October of this year. The ethanol will be sourced from sugarcane (using Brazilian tech) and blended at the El Alto plant of the state-owned refinery in charge of the implementation of the biofuel program, Refinadora Costarricense de Petróleo, S.A. […]
Colombia’s Ecopetrol Getting into Biofuels / Ecopetrol Invierta en Biocombustibles
Tuesday, November 28th, 2006English synopsis: Colombia’s hydrocarbons company, Ecopetrol, has announced a decision to invest US$23 million in a biodiesel production plant next to its refinery at Barrancabermeja. The plant will utilize palm oil and Ecopetrol expects it to enter production in the first quarter of 2008, providing biodiesel mixtures up to 5%. Desde Ecopetrol: Inversiones de US$23 […]